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Saturday, 26 June 2021

8/1092 Lieutenant Andrew Colquhoun Boyes, 24/2/1891-16/5/1916.

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  DEATHS.  FOR KING AND COUNTRY BOYES: Killed in action, May 16th, 1916, Lieutenant  Andrew  C.  Boyes,  only son of John  Boyes,  No. 5 Ran...
Friday, 25 June 2021

Thomas Homan 1832-2/11/1870.

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  FIRE. Shortly before noon to-day a fire broke out in Jago’s flax and wool store, an iron building of large dimensions, situated close to t...

10032 Private John Reginald Douglass, 13/5/1897-17/11/1920.

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John Douglass was a carpenter at Hillside Railway Workshops when he joined the Otago Infantry Regiment in April, 1916.  He was with the Otag...
Thursday, 24 June 2021

8/813 Private Horace Algernon Braithwaite, 13/12/1886-15/1/1916.

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Horace Braithwaite was not an ideal soldier - there are a few marks against him on his Army conduct sheet.  There was also one against him b...
Wednesday, 23 June 2021

The Great Clyde Gold robbery of 1870.

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In 1870, a large amount of gold and banknotes was secured at the police camp at Clyde, safe behind a locked door.  But, not safe enough. EXT...
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Otago Taphophile
A taphophile is a "lover of cemeteries." Of course, there are many other aspects to my life but the stories to be found connected to epitaphs in local (and not so local) cemeteries have interested me for a while, and are now the basis of my business, which can be found at: https://darkestdunedin.co.nz/ The epitaph which inspired me to find the stories lies on the ground of Dunedin's Southern Cemetery and includes in its inscription the words "brutally murdered." I haven't covered this one as I write but it's one hell of a story. UPDATE Having reached 1500 stories, I will try and make this blog a little more searchable. I also note that many photos I've used from the Hocken collection are showing s completely different to the ones I uploaded. I assume this is due somehow to the recent additions to their collection.
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